Do Not Let Your Opponent See Your

In Strategy Your Spiritual Bearing Must Not Be Any Different From Normal. Both In Fighting And In Everyday Life You Should Be Determined Though Calm. Meet The Situation Without Tenseness Yet Not Recklessly, Your Spirit Settled Yet Unbiased.

If You Want To Learn The Craft Of War, Ponder Over This Book. The Teacher Is As A Needle, The Disciple Is As Thread. You Must Practice Constantly.

As The Innocent Infant Relies Upon The Mother For Sustenance, So The Innocent Wanderer, Following His Native Compassion And Bliss, Relies Upon The Natural Intelligence Of Life To Sustain Him. There Are Various Ways. There Is The Way Of Salvation By The Law Of Buddha, The Way Of Confucius Governing The Way Of Learning, The Way Of Healing As A Doctor, As A Poet Teaching The Way Of Waka, Tea, Archery, And Many Arts And Skills. Each Man Practices As He Feels Inclined.

This Is Truth: When You Sacrifice Your Life, You Must Make Fullest Use Of Your Weaponry. It Is False Not To Do So, And To Die With A Weapon As Yet Undrawn.

When Your Opponent Is Hurrying Recklessly, You Must Act Contrarily And Keep Calm. You Must Not Be Influenced By The Opponent.